Hatfield House

Location

Hatfield House

Variety

Nigra

Access

Private

Site class

Veteran

Veteran morus nigra in the West Garden, on a corner. Said to be planted by Elizabeh I as a princess, but more likely to have been planted by John Tradescant the Elder when he became Head Gardner for the first earl of Salisbury, Lord Cecil. Younger mulberries in a plot near to the car park.